The Graffiti of Gary

One thing we like about this city is that, with all the unpatrolled abandoned buildings, taggers and graffiti artists have free reign to practice their craft with abandon. The work ranges from simple tags and scrawls to full blown murals. Often, they give a building or place its character.

Bad Cop?

The “Bad Cop” on the second floor of the Sheraton always gives me a chuckle.

Live Gator

I’ll pause to admire the big, wall filling tags.

Don’t Die.

There are plenty of tags in the style of, “abandon all ye who enter here”, but I enjoy a simple imperative sentence. Naturally, the biggest and boldest murals are found on the highest floors and hardest to reach places. The next two are both from the Ambassador, the top floor and the penthouse, respectively.